The Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997 was introduced in the United Kingdom by the Conservative government of

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, in response to the

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and the recommendations of the

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that followed it. It effectively banned the private possession of all

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s other than those chambered for .22 rimfire cartridges in Great Britain (not Northern Ireland) by making them subject to Section 5 (Prohibited Weapons) of the Firearms Acts. Tony Blair's Labour Government followed later in the year with the

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which banned .22 handguns.

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